The Tattoo chapter seventy-two
Satonori hadn’t been lying about his private garden that was attached to his bedchamber. It held a certain wild charm with all of the flowers reclaiming it for nature but there was none of the beauty that the other gardens had. There was an overgrown pond with any fish that may have once been in it long since dead and used to feed a tree that was growing up from the centre. A paved walkway was lost to foliage but it made an almost pleasant place to sit and eat the overly extravagant breakfast that had been prepared for them. Or it would have been a pleasant place to sit if he wasn’t pressed up against Satonori like there wasn’t space enough for the both of them. Any scent of fresh air or flowers was driven away by the powerful odour that was clinging to the greasy skin but he tried not to allow it to ruin his appetite though it was a feeble hope.
“So my flower is my garden a disappointment to you?” The emperor asked with a chuckle sipping slowly at the tea as he regarded him with hooded eyes that seemed to delight in moving over just the hint of skin that he had allowed to show through the clothing that he was wearing. Nino hummed around the food that he had in his mouth and looked around the garden slowly before swallowing and giving his answer;
“You were right that it isn’t as outright beautiful as your other gardens but…It holds a wild charm, Satonori-sama…”
“Then you too think that it is beyond all hope?”
“Nothing is beyond hope my emperor…The right person could tame the wild…But…If somebody truly loves it then they wouldn’t care about that…They would find beauty in imperfection…” Nino hummed with more honesty than he was intending as his mind was filled with images of Ohno. He seemed to find the beauty in all of his imperfections.
“And do you find beauty in such imperfections…?”
“I do…I believe that this garden reflects you more than the other’s my emperor…” Nino hummed playing his seduction game as he gave the man a shy smile not surprised when he looked offended for a minute and growled;
“You mean I am a wreck of a man?”
“No…I would never think such a thing! You are our emperor! You could never be anything more than splendid! I always say the wrong thing to upset you! I just…I simply meant that you have a lot of sadness in your heart, Satonori-sama…” Nino whispered meekly hanging his hand to expose his creamy neck knowing that men liked such acts of submission from their sex partners “You said that that you had not tended to this garden since your daughter died…” He said hating himself for bringing up the princess but it was the only thing that he could think of “…She spent a lot of time here?”
“…Some…I was deeply fond of my daughter…” Satonori answered. It was a perfectly normal and innocent answer or it shoulder have been until Nino saw the odd look that crossed over the older man’s face. It was similar to the look that he had had in the room while cupping the boy’s genitals and Nino had to push down the bile that threatened to come out knowing that even if he forced himself he couldn’t finish the rest of the meal “She was my most beautiful treasure…Though she was not without her imperfections…”
“My emperor?”
“She was born stupid, my flower…Without a mind…She grew up to be very beautiful but…The mind of a child…Like some beautiful doll…Her skin was so soft…With a blush of innocence that she never lost…” Satonori gave a sigh his body trembling as his tongue scrapped over his lips. His eyes had dilated at the thought of his daughter and Nino knew that he was lost in the memory of her and growing aroused by it. Once again Nino had to remind himself of his promise to make the death especially painful to stop himself from taking the needle from behind his ear and stabbing him with it “I almost do not blame my son for his special fondness of the girl…”
“My emperor?” Nino gasped in shock his mouth dropping open as he played along knowing that that was what Satonori wanted. Sure enough he gave a little sickening laugh shaking his head as he began to apologise.
“…Sorry, my flower…I should not say such things nothing was ever proven…” The man sighed and Nino felt his hand clenching discreetly on the knife that he had been using to eat “My son is full grown now and his sister long dead…His weakness for his own sister must also be something that is forgotten in the past…”
“I…Do not understand…” He lied feeling the knife cutting into his skin keeping his heart calmer as he breathed slowly through his nose.
“No…Somebody as pure as you would never understand…And I do not wish to turn you against my son…” Satonori smiled as if he hadn’t been trying to do that very thing from the moment he came into the bedroom. “But…The rumour was that my son liked my daughter…In an unnatural way…”
“He…Loved her the way that he loves me?” Nino gasped his expression caused mostly by the fact he could feel blood seeping down his fingers.
“…Yes…I believe so…He lusted after her body…She was very beautiful my daughter, so beautiful with skin that felt like rose petals…Like your own skin…” Satonori purred as his fingers moved slowly up the length of leg that had been left exposed by the slightly open kimono. The blade of the knife cut deeper into his skin as he tried to ignore the feeling of the hand moving up against the inside of his thigh trying hard not to imagine that same hand moving over somebody like his boy “…You would have liked her, my flower…”
“I am sorry that I never got the chance…” He whispered weakly letting the knife fall from his hand as he gave a shy smile “But what you have told me of your son…I…Think that I would like some time to think about this…I…”
“…Please, my flower I beg you not to let it change your feelings about my son…” Satonori said helping him to his feet but Nino could see that there was a smile on his face that went against his words. “As I say he was young then and now he has you, do not blame him for a careless mistake in his past…”
“…Please, Satonori-sama, I have enjoyed our time together but I must go…My mind is in a state of confusion…Please forgive me…” He whispered bobbing a bow before running from the garden and out through the king’s bedchamber. Lurking in the hallway outside the door he found Ohno who looked concerned and then angry as he looked at him coming close enough to grab a hold of his shoulders. Nino wanted nothing more than to melt against him but he knew that Satonori wouldn’t be too far behind and he pulled himself free shaking his head and faking a sob before running a little more down the hall hearing Ohno asking;
“What did you do to him?”
“I did nothing my son…He is perhaps rethinking his relationship with you…You should have done a better job taming him…I think that it really won’t be long before I have tempted him from you…” The emperor responded with a sickening laugh.
Nino picked up his pace needing to get away from him as quickly as he could before he did something truly unforgivable. He ignored the lords and servants that came his way running up the stairs in the same dramatic fashion until he reached his and Ohno’s shared bedchamber and then he dropped to his knees not having any time to grab a bowl before he was emptying his stomach out of everything that he had eaten. His body shuddered violently as he was sick anger, disgust swirling around inside of him.
TBC
A/N: I hope that this was okay ^_^
“So my flower is my garden a disappointment to you?” The emperor asked with a chuckle sipping slowly at the tea as he regarded him with hooded eyes that seemed to delight in moving over just the hint of skin that he had allowed to show through the clothing that he was wearing. Nino hummed around the food that he had in his mouth and looked around the garden slowly before swallowing and giving his answer;
“You were right that it isn’t as outright beautiful as your other gardens but…It holds a wild charm, Satonori-sama…”
“Then you too think that it is beyond all hope?”
“Nothing is beyond hope my emperor…The right person could tame the wild…But…If somebody truly loves it then they wouldn’t care about that…They would find beauty in imperfection…” Nino hummed with more honesty than he was intending as his mind was filled with images of Ohno. He seemed to find the beauty in all of his imperfections.
“And do you find beauty in such imperfections…?”
“I do…I believe that this garden reflects you more than the other’s my emperor…” Nino hummed playing his seduction game as he gave the man a shy smile not surprised when he looked offended for a minute and growled;
“You mean I am a wreck of a man?”
“No…I would never think such a thing! You are our emperor! You could never be anything more than splendid! I always say the wrong thing to upset you! I just…I simply meant that you have a lot of sadness in your heart, Satonori-sama…” Nino whispered meekly hanging his hand to expose his creamy neck knowing that men liked such acts of submission from their sex partners “You said that that you had not tended to this garden since your daughter died…” He said hating himself for bringing up the princess but it was the only thing that he could think of “…She spent a lot of time here?”
“…Some…I was deeply fond of my daughter…” Satonori answered. It was a perfectly normal and innocent answer or it shoulder have been until Nino saw the odd look that crossed over the older man’s face. It was similar to the look that he had had in the room while cupping the boy’s genitals and Nino had to push down the bile that threatened to come out knowing that even if he forced himself he couldn’t finish the rest of the meal “She was my most beautiful treasure…Though she was not without her imperfections…”
“My emperor?”
“She was born stupid, my flower…Without a mind…She grew up to be very beautiful but…The mind of a child…Like some beautiful doll…Her skin was so soft…With a blush of innocence that she never lost…” Satonori gave a sigh his body trembling as his tongue scrapped over his lips. His eyes had dilated at the thought of his daughter and Nino knew that he was lost in the memory of her and growing aroused by it. Once again Nino had to remind himself of his promise to make the death especially painful to stop himself from taking the needle from behind his ear and stabbing him with it “I almost do not blame my son for his special fondness of the girl…”
“My emperor?” Nino gasped in shock his mouth dropping open as he played along knowing that that was what Satonori wanted. Sure enough he gave a little sickening laugh shaking his head as he began to apologise.
“…Sorry, my flower…I should not say such things nothing was ever proven…” The man sighed and Nino felt his hand clenching discreetly on the knife that he had been using to eat “My son is full grown now and his sister long dead…His weakness for his own sister must also be something that is forgotten in the past…”
“I…Do not understand…” He lied feeling the knife cutting into his skin keeping his heart calmer as he breathed slowly through his nose.
“No…Somebody as pure as you would never understand…And I do not wish to turn you against my son…” Satonori smiled as if he hadn’t been trying to do that very thing from the moment he came into the bedroom. “But…The rumour was that my son liked my daughter…In an unnatural way…”
“He…Loved her the way that he loves me?” Nino gasped his expression caused mostly by the fact he could feel blood seeping down his fingers.
“…Yes…I believe so…He lusted after her body…She was very beautiful my daughter, so beautiful with skin that felt like rose petals…Like your own skin…” Satonori purred as his fingers moved slowly up the length of leg that had been left exposed by the slightly open kimono. The blade of the knife cut deeper into his skin as he tried to ignore the feeling of the hand moving up against the inside of his thigh trying hard not to imagine that same hand moving over somebody like his boy “…You would have liked her, my flower…”
“I am sorry that I never got the chance…” He whispered weakly letting the knife fall from his hand as he gave a shy smile “But what you have told me of your son…I…Think that I would like some time to think about this…I…”
“…Please, my flower I beg you not to let it change your feelings about my son…” Satonori said helping him to his feet but Nino could see that there was a smile on his face that went against his words. “As I say he was young then and now he has you, do not blame him for a careless mistake in his past…”
“…Please, Satonori-sama, I have enjoyed our time together but I must go…My mind is in a state of confusion…Please forgive me…” He whispered bobbing a bow before running from the garden and out through the king’s bedchamber. Lurking in the hallway outside the door he found Ohno who looked concerned and then angry as he looked at him coming close enough to grab a hold of his shoulders. Nino wanted nothing more than to melt against him but he knew that Satonori wouldn’t be too far behind and he pulled himself free shaking his head and faking a sob before running a little more down the hall hearing Ohno asking;
“What did you do to him?”
“I did nothing my son…He is perhaps rethinking his relationship with you…You should have done a better job taming him…I think that it really won’t be long before I have tempted him from you…” The emperor responded with a sickening laugh.
Nino picked up his pace needing to get away from him as quickly as he could before he did something truly unforgivable. He ignored the lords and servants that came his way running up the stairs in the same dramatic fashion until he reached his and Ohno’s shared bedchamber and then he dropped to his knees not having any time to grab a bowl before he was emptying his stomach out of everything that he had eaten. His body shuddered violently as he was sick anger, disgust swirling around inside of him.
TBC
A/N: I hope that this was okay ^_^